Mary Katrantzou is to collaborate with Adidas. The sportswear brand today announced that the collaboration — slated to launch in November — will be a long-term union and will comprise both clothing and footwear.

"I'm really excited to be working with Adidas on a line of apparel and footwear," Katrantzou told us this morning. "I grew up, like so many other kids around the world, wearing Adidas sneakers and I'm really excited about bringing my vision to such a global brand. They have a fantastic heritage and their ability to innovate in sportswear makes them the perfect partner for us to work with in this market."

"The collaboration between Adidas and Mary Katrantzou merges the exceptional talent of one of the most interesting designers of today and a company that embraces many different cultures from sports, pop, music and fashion," Schoenberger told us. "I admire Mary's extraordinary sense of printing techniques, colours and silhouette that will bring another amazing new aesthetic to the Adidas Originals women's collection."